MEETINGS

Third Symposium on

Computer-Enhanced Analytical

Spectroscopy

The Snowbird resort near Salt Lake City, UT, will be the site of the Third Symposium on Computer-Enhanced Analytical Spectroscopy, June 6-8, 1990. The symposium format will be similar to that of the Gordon Research Conferences; sessions will be held in the mornings and evenings, leaving the afternoons free for recreational activi­ties and informal discussions.

Topics will include theory and prac­tice of multivariate analysis relevant to analytical spectroscopy (e.g., IR, MS, NMR, UV-vis, near-IR), optimization and exploratory data analysis, spectral interpretation and library searching, visualization of higher dimensional data and nonlinear mapping, cluster and classification analysis of multivari­ate data, numerical extraction of multi-component spectra, integration of spectral data from different spectro­scopic sources, optimization and pro­cess control involving spectroscopic methods, numerical modeling of spec­tral information, automated spectral interpretation and expert systems, multicomponent analysis, spectral en­hancement and deconvolution, and factor and discriminant analysis. Au­thors wishing to contribute poster pre­sentations should submit titles to Peter Jurs at the address given below.

The registration and meals fee for the symposium is approximately $220

and includes all meals, coffee breaks, a Western-style barbecue, a tram excur­sion, and a copy of the symposium pro­ceedings. Participants should deal di­rectly with Snowbird (800-453-3000) to arrange for their accommodations, es­timated to cost about $60 per night.

The National Science Foundation has provided a grant to support the participation of untenured assistant professors and faculty from undergrad­uate institutions. For additional infor­mation about the grant and for further details about the symposium, contact Peter Jurs, Dept. of Chemistry, 152 Da-vey Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (phone 814-865-3739 or FAX 814-865-3314). Following is a tentative list of speakers and titles.

Mass Spectrometry

Computer-Assisted Mass Spectral Interpretation: MS/MS/MS Analysis. C. Enke, Michigan State U

Analysis of Data from Pyrolysis MS of Fossil Fuels. H. Meuzelaar, U of Utah

Computer Analysis of Pyrolysis Mass Spectral Data. P. Harrington, Ohio U

IR and Near-IR Spectroscopy

Computer-Assisted Methods in IR Spectroscopy. D. Haaland, Sandia National Laboratory

Computer-Assisted Interpretation of IR Spectra. S. Tomellini, U of New Hampshire

Computer-Assisted Methods In Near-IR Spectroscopy. H. Mark, Bran + Luebbe/ Technicon

Computer-Assisted Methods in Near-IR Spectroscopy. T. Naes, Norwegian Food Research Institute

NMR Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation

Computer-Assisted Structure Elucidation Utilizing NMR Spectra. M. Munk, Arizona State U

Multidimensional Spectral Data and Structure Elucidation. W. Bremser, Rheinische Olefinwerke, GMBH

Chemometrlc Methods and Signal Processing

Hadamard Methods In Signal Processing. W. Fateley, Kansas State U

Interactive Self-Modeling Multivariate Analysis. W. Windig, Eastman Kodak

Atomic Spectroscopy

Computer Applications in Multichannel Atomic Emission Spectroscopy. R. B. Bilhorn, Eastman Kodak

Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Advanced Signal Processing and Data Analysis Techniques Applied to Ion Mobility Spectrometry. D. M. Davis, CRDEC, U.S. Army

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